The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-21


for the industry OF both branches OF the
General Assembly. Below will be 1ouro
synopsis Of the proceedings.
THE UNIVERSITY.
The bill concerning the University
which has been fully outlined IN this
correspondence, came up as q specia!
order in the Senate. With it were ap-
pointed for consideration the two bills
providing for separate agricultural col.
lese. After the adoption Of some formal
amendments proposed to the University
bill Senator Youmans, one OF W:Ich
provided for the formation OF ga post
graduate department or University de.
partment proper" Senator Silgh moveo
TO indefinitely postpone the three bills,
saving that he thought the best thing
the State could do was to send all these
schemes, for which she WAS unprepsrsd,
to the rear. His motion proving I'M
practicable, he confined it to the Uni
verity bill. :,
Senator Izlar moved to table it, ana 1t
was tabled by the following vote:
Yeas-Ben, Byrd, Howell: lzlar, Muir
ray, Moore, Munro, Noise, McMas:er,
Patterson, Rhame, Reynolds, Smith,
Smythe, Woford, Williams, Wingaed,
; Woodward and Youmans-l9.
Nsys-Aussin, Alexander, Biensnn,
Black. Crews, Edwards, Field, Kennedy,
NocdT, Sigh and Talbert-ll.
Senator Buist, pro, was paired with
Senator Mccall, con.
Senator Edwards moved to discharge
the University bill and take up his OVID
bill providing for separate agricultural
coli: {. Upon this motion he delivered
a., Shaussve argument In favor OF the
separate college.
TIE motion to take up Senator Ed
vardss separate college bill was defeated
without 8 division.
The question was then put SIS 60 the
passage of the University bill, and on a
viva voce vote the bill was passed, but
before the vote was announced Senator
Edwards remarked that ne did not pro-
pose to have the separate college scheme
ignored in this way, and if it WAS not
given showing he would be compelled
reluctantly to vote against the University
bill.
Senator McMaster remarked that the
friends OF the University agreed with the
.,anstor as to the importance of agricol-
N education and he'd made full pre-
sion therefor in this University bill.
Senator Sigh said thas it appeared to
e the policy OF the Senator from Bara.
well 70 rely on the votes be secured and
youchsafe no argument In vindicaton OF
his bill. He proposed to deisy this vote
somewhat, and to make some remarks to
b1ng ont debate. The Senator then
made speech in favor Of the general
proposition that separate agricultural.
colleges were the right kind OF institu-
tons.
Senator Youmans replied to Senat u
Sigh.
Senator Crews thought this plan meant
q renewal OF free tuition IN the college.
he moved to adjourn the debate until
12 o'clock next Gay.
Senator Smythe moved to table. Car
red.
Senator Edwards moved to adjourn
the debate until Thursday.
Senator Howell moved to table, but
gave way TO Senator Moody, who accused
the friends OF the University of trying to
Gag the Senate and force this measure
down its throat. He asked postpone
nent.
Senator Smythe said that the report
presented with the bill gave arguments
IN its Ia7or. Il had been on the desks
of Senators for many days, and he sup,
posed that every Senator had made UP
his mind on the subject. He, therefore,
renewed the motion to table. It was put
and carried.
Senator Sigh entered solemn pro-
test against the action OF the majority II
refusing 10 postpone the vote on the bill.
Nobody answered.
The bill was PAS ed to its third read.
ing, 10 to II. There was not the change
of q single vote.
TIE BILL IN THE HOUSE.
When the bill was announced Mr.. Keith,
OF NeIberry moved to strike out Of tht
first section the words 1.-The college OF agrl
culture and mechanical arts" He CID no
believe that the bill made adequate pro
VlSlOn LOT the eOuCaslOA VI tue Souiu w lAiS
Safe in the PRINCIPLES and practice Of agli
culture. His principal objection to con
Meeting the agricultural and literary insti
tutions was that such an union of thesetwt
departments could not give the prac,ics
education which the farmers demanded
and reeded, and which had been shown tt
he practicable in several Of the other States
as Mississippi and Michigan.
Mr.. Hutson spoke next. AS the intro
ducer Of the bill, he outlined its praciica
pur' SIS and said the real question i
whcf>er we shall have an agricultural col
leg. s part OF the University OF shall It b
as. ,arate cne He argued that if the pro
posed University scheme failed, It woult
in % wise work harm to the State, enc
then its opponents would have the yer,
best argument for the establishment Of {